Brick-cutting machine.



P. B. DUNN.v BRICK CUTTING MACHINE. APPLIUATION FILED I AN. 8, 1910.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910.

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5 of Ohio, have invented certain nevi7 and useful improvements in Brick- Cutting Machines; and ldo hereby declare the tollow ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, forming` part of this specification.

My invention relates to mechanism for Wire-cutting brick, and particularly to means ordistributing the brick upon the delivery belt 'of 'the machine. after beingr cut..

'ln brick cuttingr machines, as now made,

"20 the column ot clay continuously travels troni the forming die through cutting mechanism Where intermittently a section thereoi is cut "into bricks; the cutter mechanism moving in unison with the column of clay during such 25 cutting operation, and the brick so cut are forced onward by the 'moving column ot' clay, and delivered upon the delivery plate y secured to the cutting; device, and'therelroin `to the delivery belt oit the machine., which belt travels at a speed considerably greater than that of the clay column, so that as the bricks are delivered thereto they are spaced thereon some distance apart :troni each other'. Meanwhile, a'ltcr each cut is automatically moves back to be in positionto make another cut, and during this backward movement the delivery plate on the cutting' mechanism bridges the space between the end of the cut-- belt. lt manifest .tbereforefthat during' the backward move- 'ment of the cutter mechanism the cut brick will pass oilt ol the end oiithe delivery plate upon the delivery belt much more rapidly time, and that during,` the forward movement of the cutter mechanism no brickswill be delivered upon the belt. This condition of affairs causes the cut brick i tlie delivery belt in instead of at regular intervals, thus causing considerable inconvenience in their subsequent manipulation. To overcome this I have inserted a stationary delivery plate directly over the rear portion ofthe delivery .55 belt, over which plate the delivery-plate. se

cured tothe cutter mechanism lreciprocates,

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and from which plate the cut brick are con tinuously moved 'to the column of clay forces them forward at a con* etant speed regardless of the reciprocation of the cutter mechanism. Y

The features ot my invention are hereinafter fully set forth4 and explained and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which: i

Figure l isa side view in elevation of a brick cutting machine einbodyin my in vention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side view of a section oit' the saine, with my attachment in section.

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su pporting` carriage A2, the cutter driving gea-r li lli l), the clutch mechanism t), the clutch tripping mechanism d d, the carriage operating mechanism E E', the clay column carrier belt mechanism l?, the delivery plate j", and the brick delivery belt ll" arc all ot the usual and ordinary construction, and in which l do not claim any invention. l

To the trame il. near the inne delivery belt l1" l secure brackets l-l to which a plate l is secured and adjacent to the rear portion of the delivery hclt ll, and so located with relation to the delivery plate that said delivery plate will slide lreely over it, and when the cutter' mechanism is farthest back the outer end of the delivery plate f slightly overlaps the rear end oliv the stationary receiving plate l. lt will readily be seen that the plate l. operates to retain the bricks in their nor-- mal traveling positions regardless oi the torward and backward movement olf the cutter drawings the ranie d, cutting upon the delivery beit` at regular intervals.

mechanism il', so that they i.vill be'pushed have shown and described iny device as combined with a rotarycuttcr type of nia chine. lt is obvious however that it is equallv applicable to the cutter mechanism travels in unison with tlie'cl'ay column during the cuttingopera` tion.

Having described my invention so to enable others to construct and utilize the same, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

' l. The coin-binat in in a brick cutting machine ot' a reciprocating delivery plate therey on, and a receiving plate over the rear p0rtion oil the delivery belt over which the reciprocating delivery plate on the cutter so as to be directly over any machine in which' delivery belt as the lid r end of the i mechanism operates, sbstantially as set forth.

2. The combination in a brick cutting machine, of a cutter mechanism traveling in unison with a clay column during the Cutting operation, a delivery belt, e delivery pla-te secured to and traveling with said cutting mechanism and o erating over the rear end of the .delivery gelt, end a receiving In testimony whereof I aflixmy Signature,

in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK B. DUNN.

Witnesses HERBERT H. SMITH, H. M. STURGEQN- 

